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Here’s my question: How is the weather cycle generated in different areas of Hyrule? All I know is that some areas have the same weather for several in-game days while some others change every few hours.
Thats a good one, I haven't really payed attention to that!! Mainly cause I play with the pro hud so I never see the weather patterns...but it would be cool to look into!! :D
Yeah, that’s right, for example in the Thundera Plateau’s shrine where the weather is constantly thundering until you complete the shrine. However, even though I have completed all 120 shrines, some areas still have a nearly constant weather.
@Jake Sangria I would have given that Power to the Zora Pants since they don't have any unique ability (Helmet allows you to attack in water, Chest piece allows you to swim up waterfalls, pants do nothing)
I would also like to note the "Panic Blood Moon" so named by speedrunners for why it happens: the game's memory is being overloaded with how many respawning things have been moved/killed/flagged, and forcibly triggers a Blood Moon to clear it, even rushing the game clock to make it happen if the memory is really stressed. This can be an issue in some of the longer speedrun categories as a time loss, as they can fling themselves across the overworld and load a lot of flags.
@@doughboidays3039 it wrecked me sooo hard ..lol and this was after getting amazing gear. I got it done , after like one hour of trying lol. I’ll stick to gold lynel farming for now.
See that's what I thought all of them were. I thought it was, the game only has a finite memory space so when you alter it enough (kill enemies, cut trees down, break crates etc.) that it can't remember it all it automatically does a blood moon to reset it all the next night. Which is I think what youre saying, but I didn't know there was a timer I just thought that was the only way to get a blood moon
thank you so much for this series; because of the ones you've made so far I felt more confident trying to tackle Master Mode. Knowing about the xp system, shield system and stackable boosts and effective cooking methods let me gauge easily how to tackle problems in this harder mode, especially since I'm not great at fighting. I can get by and take down anything in the game but it's not natural instinct for me on how to move and attack. Having an understanding of how all this works internally did wonders for my confidence and I'm happily breezing through Master Mode during quarantine. Thanks again and keep up the good work!
I was the same way playing this off the start. The way i got better was playing more. You get to realize timings and predict enemies better, and it’s honestly really satisfying when you fight this way!
@@cindin3802 Agreed entirely! I've restarted the game several times since this comment and each time I apply a new challenge to help me stay creative in travel and combat. I went from my very first playthrough on the Wii U running like mad, avoiding conflicts with enemies and generally getting nowhere in the game to taking on lynels with 10 hearts or less, beating master mode and the master trials all thanks to these videos and practice. Can't wait for the sequel!
Here’s my question: how does the wind or breeze affect how fast you go when you are paragliding or on a raft? If the wind were going against you how much would it slow you down and vise versa.
@@marthlikinte5607 I have more simple and quite devastating : if you have an electric weapon, you can hit frozen enemies with it and it will have the "wet" aoe effect, thus also hitting mobs nearby with shock damage.
To be fair, you're shattering the enemy rather than thawing them. Doesn't seem likely that they'll get much hurty from the super hot weapon before getting completely slammed away by them. Still, it would've made sense as videogame logic
Questions paraphrased for easier finding, in case anyone comes back to this video looking for a specific answer 0:00 Introduction 1:10 Q1: What triggers a blood moon? 1:52 Q2: How often does Satori mountain glow green? 2:23 Q3: How does the anti-one shot mechanic work? 3:08 Q4: What rate does enemy health regen in master mode? 3:42 Q5: What damage outputs do magnesis objects have? 4:45 Q6: Do guardians take reduced damage? 5:22 Q7: What is the multiplier for attacking frozen enemies with fire? 5:47 Q8: What is the effect duration for shock/freezing? 6:22 Q9: What is the durability of bows/weapons? 7:03 Q10: What are the chances of specific weapons dropping through rock octoroks? 7:40 Q11: How does the master cycle lose fuel? 8:04 Q12: Best way to refill the master cycle tank? 8:35 Q13: Does attack buffs make cukoos attack sooner? 9:29 Q14: What are the range differences for bows? 10:40 Q15: What bows have better draw speeds?
@@mikeguo608 that's a panic blood moon. When the game hits a certain amount of memory (I think I've seen 90%) a panic blood moon will occur as soon as that threshold is reached to refresh the game.
This game, I swear. Even now, the more I learn about it, the more I love this game. The amount of detail and depth is just staggering, honestly. Learning about all these stats and facts is fun.
Ok one quick note for the master cycle please read. For filling to fuel tank the MOST EFFECTIVE item is monster extract which can be bought from the monster shop owner, Kilton using 4 of them will completely fill the tank. Use this they are cheap but you have to wait for him to get more
The best part of this game are the little details spread throughout. There are seemingly an infinite amount of discoveries within this Hyrule. There's so much passion from the designers put into this game. Great work in helping uncover some of Hyrule's many, MANY mysteries!
I personally would like to see a part 2 to this, Croton. I also have a question for you. When using bomb arrows with the duplex bow, do the two shots count as though they were single arrows in terms of damage or are they nerfed like with the multishot bows?
If you didnt know: the reason satori mountain glows during a waxing crescent moon is because that is the moon phase when satoru iwata was born. Since he died, nintendo wanted to pay respect
Zoom is proportional to range, and the phrenic bow has one of the highest. Bows like the ancient bow and ravali's are also high range too I'm pretty sure
I find that the Phrenic and Golden bows both have better range that most bows, Rito bows also have better range than, say, the Royal bow, and the ancient bow has barely any arrow drop. Then you have the Bow of Twilight, which is a sniper rifle disguised as a bow.
Botw has been my favorite game since it came first released, and I've always wondered about drop rates. I tried testing for myself once, but I got bored eventually and just gave up. I couldn't find much info on the internet though, so does anyone here have a clue? By the way, love your videos my guy! Never seen someone so devoted to a single game! Keep it up!!!
Just wanted to say, you’re my favorite youtuber! Your themed runs are fun to watch and make me laugh, your deep dives are very interesting, and overall, your channel is amazing!
Thanks for all these stat videos. I love this game and love learning about all these hidden stats. I hope you do another one of these misc. Videos. Great work and thank you for your time.
Dude thank you so much for doing this! I have been confused by everything stats related until you came along and i hade it since day 1! You sir have earned yourself my subscription! P.s. which non amiibo weapons and bows have the highest durabilities? I have been curious 🤔 and i did notice that a lot of lists missed some gear
I like to check the Zelda wiki for all BotW weapon durabilities. Here's the bow page, expand the "Location and Uses" header to see the full BotW list: zelda.gamepedia.com/Bow
@@mljh11 thanks for letting me know about the wiki. :) i did have to search for weapon durability but it helped. Fun fact: the awakened master sword still only has a (normal) max of 40 durability but goes down by decimals instead :). Now i just need to see wether there is a weapon with durability up + that has more durability than the spring hammer. Thanks again!
8:29 Some materials such as Monster Extract work as Multiplayers, you only need two Monster Extracts and you can use 3 apples or something else, to fuel the rest of the tank. (Or something like that😂) Did you already know this?
@@topsyturvy1097 Not when you're filling up the Master Cycle. It doubles the effect of your fuel. 4 apples plus 1 monster extract = 80% of your tank filled.
Dude I love this channel. I just got my first switch like a month ago and obviously the first game I bought was zelda botw. Without your very in depth and comprehensive explanation of this world and its mechanics. I would have eventually figured out most of it but it would have been a minute. Your content is very enjoyable and fun, and in a way it challenges me to try and achieve things I never would have considered otherwise. Therefore not only have you helped me traverse this amazing and beautiful world, but you have extended the quality of life overall for the game and definitely did your part to make it more enjoyable. So thank you. You are appreciated ✌🐲🐉🛸👽☮
I would love to see a second video like this. I also have a question, do the champions weapons (great eagle bow, daybreaker shield, light scale trident, etc...) have any special traits?
Well the great eagle aparence twice in the video, have one of the best reaches, and have the most fastest fire rate and if i remember have +3 multishot,and have decent damage for early/middle game
That sneak attack at 9:14 was... kinda spicy ngl Edit: Yeah, keep making these! I enjoy them, even if I rarely play BotW anymore. Super excited for BotW 2 though!!!
My favorite part about this game is all the little details that don’t really make that much difference to gameplay, but it’s nice to know that the devs cared enough to include them
Definitely want more. BotW is the Ocarina of our generation. The more info you can get out, the better. A question: How often does food get a critical cook? Can you affect this chance with more than just a monster extract? How is food with 5 ingredients affected without an extract?
I've actually been kind of curious whether the spin and jump attacks do more damage than normal? Anyway, good video! It's been fun learning about all these hidden and obscure mechanics.
Spins do the same damage per hit without the critical hith modifier with it the 4th hit in a spin will be 2x dmg spins also take 1 durability every hits. Jump attack give 2x dmg but also takes 2x durability
I mean you can just let it roll down hills to save on materials, but I'm drowning in guardian parts and apples by that point in the game, so might as well go full speed!
On the note of master cycle zero fuel consumption, try using 3 monster extracts and 1 weak material. the monster extract boosts the effect of any material exponentially, not just itself. I would suggest stocking up on monster extract from kilton using cheap monster parts and just using that, since its cheaper in the long run.
i’m curious about the damage outputs of charged stamina attacks. for example does charging a sword increase the damage output when it hits an enemy? or maybe just the spin range? and how much damage does the shock wave that a two handed weapon do when charged up at different charges?
1:39 Gorok tunnel shrine (brother's roast shrine) You can abuse the pot, the shrine, the fact it can't go out, and blood moon storage to cook as many critical meals as you'd like.
I'm kinda obsessed with saving durability so I threw bombs at switches almost every time through 60 shrines and the 4 divine beasts. remaining switches better prepare for my lynel crusher revenge
I personally think that because you can go bullet time when shooting a arrow in the air, of you throw a weapon in the air, you should also go into bullet time
Pretty sure he covered that in his cooking video. (I think it adds a certain duration to the effects of food? There are other foods that do the same, with different times added- again, he covered it all in the cooking video)
@@bluehax6 th-cam.com/video/QAN-f7j82gQ/w-d-xo.html - Rock Salt is one of the ingredients that just adds duration to the effects (rock salt in particular adds 1:00) and I think it adds hearts to other foods but I'm not sure
Thanks so much for all these videos because I got botw in July and it is my first zelda game ever so your videos have been really helpful for my first playthrough
I was expecting the shield stats question to pop up, but since it didn't I'll ask it here : Does the stat displayed by shield in-game affect the spin attack done by presing Y while shield surfing ? In your shield stat video you mentionned how only the lynel shield could deal damage by parrying at melee range and criticized the guide book for that but it would make sense if it also affected the shield surfing spin attack. Amazing to see you answer all those quesion man. Keep it up.
Great video my only question is, how often do Yiga clan members appear? Is like every certain number of minutes or do they appear In specific locations?
I have three questions which I have been thinking and to my knowledge nobody has explained them so far: 1) What are the different getting-on-horse animations, for example: if you press the mount button, that is the standard animation, but if you backflip or side-hop or jump onto the horse there is a different animation. Also is there a different animation if you fall from a great height into a horse and do you take damage? 2) Can you do a vid/section of a vid where you explain which armour sets pair best with each buffs? For example: like barbarian set with high defence buff or champions tunic with attack buff, etc.? Edit: 3) Another question I have is that what is the intended order to free the divine beasts? I know with the open world experience, you can do them in any order but the developers must have intended that the players free the divine beasts in a certain order. Like I think that vah Ruta was meant to be done first since the weapons you get in that area (Zora weapons) have a usually lower attack power than the Gordon or Gerudo weapons. Another thing to note is that vah Ruta is the only divine beast quest where the game asks you to steal arrows; teaching you this mechanic rather than the other quests which just give you the bomb arrows directly since it assumes you already know how to get them. Just a random thought, but I hope you can find the answer to this😊 Ps: I really love these type of vids and hope you continue this series! It’s crazy how much work you put into making these videos👍
I know you have two videos on shields already, but I would love to see a video on special properties of certain shields. Like, what does a kite shield do to midair combat, or what an ancient shield does with guardian properties.
Could you do a video about horse stats and locations, as well as the stats for the special horses and even ridable animals? I was mentioning this because I wanted you to talk about Link's Horse and how you can catch multiples of his exact horse from the memories which has it's own special set stats like the other special horses, but then I remembered how you can also find bokoblins riding bears in the Gerudo highlands. Horses being riden by bokoblins also have their own stat ranges, but are always spotted horses.
Here's a guide for Link's horse: gamefaqs.gamespot.com/switch/189707-the-legend-of-zelda-breath-of-the-wild/faqs/74764/links-horse Check the table of contents for more info that probably answers some of your other questions ☺️
Nothing. I dont remember exactly what he was saying but he said something like "come back when you got the goddess blessing" or "come back when you are stronger" something like that
@@Slender_Man_186 nope, many new players don't realize that they have to interact with the statue and miss out on increasing their essence. That's fine
4:20 I believe i saw somebody in a playthrough take the large metal box and drop it on the lynel, it did a very good amount of damage and messed with the model of the lynel. What i concluded was It has enough surface area to trap the enemy under it, and that the longer it is in contact with the enemy while in motion, it will calculate it as multiple hits.
I have more durability questions about weapons & bows: -What if I swing a 1 or 2 handed weapon and hit nothing? Like just in the air, not even a rock or the ground. -What about during a spin attack with a 2 handed weapon? Is the durability lowered each time each enemy is hit, or is it the duration of the spin? -What about a spin attack where I hit nothing and I cancel before Link smashes the ground? Or is that "free"? -Does a charge attack with a 1 handed weapon use more durability than a normal hit? What if I cancel it or miss and therefore hit nothing? -Is the bow durability loss per shot? Or per enemy/balloon/target hit? -What if I draw the bow then cancel and don't fire? -What if I set a normal/plain arrow on fire, does that affect the bow? -In one of your other videos you claim the master sword beam doesn't use durability, but I have the master sword "break" from the master sword beam all the time when I use the master sword to mow the grass (to get free rice or wheat); can you explain this more? -In another one of your videos, you said wood weapons on fire take damage over time, and the torch doesn't. But I'm pretty sure I've had torches go out on me before (leaving me in the dark!), can you check more into this? -In the shield durability videos you mention about which ones had the highest & lowest durability; I wish you would have mentioned specifically which weapons & bows have the best & worst durability. -Thank you for having mentioned in a previous video that weapons & bows blinking red have 1-4 uses left. -Have you mentioned before how throwing a weapon affects durability? And how this may or may not be different for boomerangs? -I feel like the way you went over these stats about the bows was really rushed; could you do a video looking more into bow choices and which bows are great for which situations? While showing what each recommended bow looks like and how to get it? Thank you!
- For the most part, melee weapons only lose durability if they hit something, so you won't lose any durability if you just swing and hit nothing. The only exceptions are the elemental rods and the Windcleaver, since they shoot a projectile when you swing (the Korok Leaf is exempt from this, probably because its wind effect doesn't do any damage). - Bows lose 1 durability every time you fire an arrow, even if you don't hit anything. Drawing your bow and then canceling won't use durability. - Setting the arrow on fire doesn't affect the bow durability-wise. - The Master Sword's beam will not use durability if it's in the "powered up" state (like when you're around Malice or after completing the Trial of the Sword), but it will use durability if it's not powered up. - It _may_ be possible that the torch won't hold a flame forever (and you may have accidentally tried climbing a wall or something, which would definitely put it out), but they definitely don't lose any durability from being on fire. - The orcz link in the description of this video shows which weapons and bows have the most durability. - Throwing most weapons and hitting an enemy will instantly cause them to shatter regardless of how much durability they have left. Throwing them at the ground or a wall won't use any durability, but throwing them at a Stasis-able object (like crates or boulders) will generally cause them to lose 1 durability. Also, boomerangs will lose 1 durability when thrown at enemies. Hope this all helps!
For a Part 2 video on this, I would like to ask how effective all types of weapons are at breaking Ore Deposits. Sledgehammers and some two-handed weapons seem to be super effective, but do all two-handed weapons have the same effect? Are one-handed weapons always weaker than two-handed, and are spears weaker than one-handed? Do all weapons aside from specific ones deal the same rate of damage to ores? I guess in a general comprehensive way, my question is really just: If I don't have a Sledgehammer or Stone Crusher or whatnot, and I dont want to use my bombs and risk ores falling off my reach, should I try to be using two-handed weapons to break them faster or does it really not matter what kind of weapon I use? And for a final crackpot question: how many arrows does it take to successfully break an ore deposit?
What are the chances of monster extract helping your dish when you cook? (When I put 4 high level ingredients it always maxes the duration for me E. G. 4 Lotus Speed things + 1 monster extract = 30 mins speed up lvl III)
Maybe some of the calories is lost in the water that is used to prepare the food eg. When you boil a potato you tend to lose some of the calories in it. Hence the duration is a bit reduced My idea is so dumb
Alright, that explains normal Blood Moons, but what about the abnormal ones? I'm talking about the Blood Moons that spawn in the middle of the day, or some other time when they shouldn't, like right before a regular one triggers. Not kidding about that, I've had a standard Blood Moon rising in the sky, and then suddenly I get 2 back to back. I don't think there was even 20 seconds between the two!
The max bonus is 54, so the total stat is 90+54=144. Congrats, you got the most powerful shield ☺️ docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1NqJoQxZQJ_8UCLStiqGwgAOPN1V0Z9uCoq9lW_LYGKo/pubhtml#
I was about to pause the video to correct you about the range of the Ancient Bow being 40, but then you went on to describe the altered gravity mechanic of it that I was completely unaware of. Very interesting. Most Zelda wiki's seem to just assign this bow a range of 50 to account for the lower rate of arrow drop. Btw, you mention which bows have a naturally faster draw rate. Do any have an inherently slow draw rate? Maybe its my imagination, but both the Ancient Bow and Twilight Bow feel noticeably slower than other bows.
It's a common misconception that I really wanted to shine a lot on 😅 and yes the ancient bow does have reduced fire speed, but I forgot the exact margin off hand.
10:05 that is incorrect:the ancient bow has a range of 50,the bow of light has 500 and the twilight bow has 8000 which is the most range a bow has in this game. You can thank me later! :)
Although its believed to be 50, the datamine has accurate stats on it being 40 with the altered gravity stat - its even in the official guidebook as 40 as well!!
I've been playing this game for about 2 years, and I'm STILL learning new things. But that does leave me asking a question. Does lightning do less damage to bigger enemies? That is, the boss enemies like Lynels and Hinox that have health bars. I have seen enemies like Moblins being instantly killed by lightning, but I would expect the bigger and beefier ones to take less damage. 9:56 Also, you misspelled Ancient. Just letting the word out, not trying to make fun of you.
Blood Moons also cannot occur if you are in Hyrule Castle. Also, it seems that Monster Extract amplifies the effect of any materials you use to fuel the Master Cycle Zero.
Ad. Q1 - there is also a thing called Panic Blood Moon where game panics for one reason or another and spawns one to reset itself to default state and free up memory. I had one of those randomly mid casual playthrough recently, it actually looks pretty cool when it suddenly rises in broad daylight. Ad. Q2 - I always get glow on Satori Mountain right after I get paraglider and leave Plateau. Wonder if it's just me being very consistent with time taken on tutorial or if it's set up to happen by the game.
This was a neat video, love how thorough u are! ^_^ Also I'm not exactly certain how it works but dropping 3 monster extract + 1 apple into the motorcycle will completely refill the tank. Monster extract may be a relatively rare material but I definitely wouldn't say it's best to just ignore it as a fuel ingredient. Especially if you amass a horde of them, they end up being an easy way to fill up fast!
They definitely fill more then apples, but not nealry as convenient to get - especially considering there's a whole apple orchard with over 100 apples on satori mountain!!
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Blood moon also can’t spawn in the castle from my experience. You can see it trying but it never happens.
There's a couple unique areas that block them from happening - shrines are just the most convenient of them 😄
@@Croton yes like Devine beasts
@Lucas Jean yeah try to put 5 kilton essences and you will see
Here’s my question: How is the weather cycle generated in different areas of Hyrule? All I know is that some areas have the same weather for several in-game days while some others change every few hours.
Thats a good one, I haven't really payed attention to that!! Mainly cause I play with the pro hud so I never see the weather patterns...but it would be cool to look into!! :D
Yeah, that’s right, for example in the Thundera Plateau’s shrine where the weather is constantly thundering until you complete the shrine. However, even though I have completed all 120 shrines, some areas still have a nearly constant weather.
Or if you need to climb, then it just starts raining.
It seems to me like the game has different weather seasons. Sometimes in the same area I keeps raining frequently and then it is sunny
@Jake Sangria I would have given that Power to the Zora Pants since they don't have any unique ability (Helmet allows you to attack in water, Chest piece allows you to swim up waterfalls, pants do nothing)
It's like Mythbusters...but ZELDA!
You should do a series of that, because I want to see it now.
I have come to revive the show 😎
Oh would you look at that NBC is finally nice for once!
Lol
Hi funny man from discord
I would also like to note the "Panic Blood Moon" so named by speedrunners for why it happens: the game's memory is being overloaded with how many respawning things have been moved/killed/flagged, and forcibly triggers a Blood Moon to clear it, even rushing the game clock to make it happen if the memory is really stressed. This can be an issue in some of the longer speedrun categories as a time loss, as they can fling themselves across the overworld and load a lot of flags.
So this is what a PHD in botw would be
I say any player who kills the white lynel on the plateu on master mode before leaving should immediately be given a masters in gaming.
@@doughboidays3039 it wrecked me sooo hard ..lol and this was after getting amazing gear. I got it done , after like one hour of trying lol. I’ll stick to gold lynel farming for now.
@@abhiss6705 are you being sarcastic, cause white lynels are WEAKER than gold lynels lol
@@theagent4204 oops sorry , I meant the opposite. Lol my bad 🤦♀️
@@abhiss6705 lol
For the first one, there are also panic Blood Moons which don’t follow that system. They aren’t linked to enemy kills, but storage space.
You also will not get a blood moon if you are fighting/onboard a Divine Beast, or in Hyrule Castle.
See that's what I thought all of them were. I thought it was, the game only has a finite memory space so when you alter it enough (kill enemies, cut trees down, break crates etc.) that it can't remember it all it automatically does a blood moon to reset it all the next night. Which is I think what youre saying, but I didn't know there was a timer I just thought that was the only way to get a blood moon
thank you so much for this series; because of the ones you've made so far I felt more confident trying to tackle Master Mode. Knowing about the xp system, shield system and stackable boosts and effective cooking methods let me gauge easily how to tackle problems in this harder mode, especially since I'm not great at fighting. I can get by and take down anything in the game but it's not natural instinct for me on how to move and attack. Having an understanding of how all this works internally did wonders for my confidence and I'm happily breezing through Master Mode during quarantine. Thanks again and keep up the good work!
I was the same way playing this off the start. The way i got better was playing more. You get to realize timings and predict enemies better, and it’s honestly really satisfying when you fight this way!
@@cindin3802 Agreed entirely! I've restarted the game several times since this comment and each time I apply a new challenge to help me stay creative in travel and combat. I went from my very first playthrough on the Wii U running like mad, avoiding conflicts with enemies and generally getting nowhere in the game to taking on lynels with 10 hearts or less, beating master mode and the master trials all thanks to these videos and practice. Can't wait for the sequel!
Here’s my question: how does the wind or breeze affect how fast you go when you are paragliding or on a raft? If the wind were going against you how much would it slow you down and vise versa.
Ooh that's a good one!! Would be hard to calculate but I can look into it!!
@@Croton what did u find
Hidden stats in the game are well, hidden so I appreciate you making this series.
Glad I could help then!! :D
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The fact that using fire attacks against a frozen enemy does absolutely nothing extra is baffling to me
Buttt you can freeze, stasis and then fire a barrage of shock arrows for hella damage
It one shots them
@@marthlikinte5607 Bruh how tf did I not know this? Thanks.
@@marthlikinte5607 I have more simple and quite devastating : if you have an electric weapon, you can hit frozen enemies with it and it will have the "wet" aoe effect, thus also hitting mobs nearby with shock damage.
To be fair, you're shattering the enemy rather than thawing them. Doesn't seem likely that they'll get much hurty from the super hot weapon before getting completely slammed away by them.
Still, it would've made sense as videogame logic
3:01 - Seeing Link get hit by that Moblin and then promptly *smashing* his skull open on the floor below one-hit KO'd me too 😭😬
Yeah.... Me to..... 😰
Im genuinely so happy to have subscribed to your channel. Your content is beyond great to watch
I'm so glad you enjoy it, thank you!! 😄
It’s the explanation in insults guy
These videos are great man. They’re edited and researched so well. botw is one of favourite games and your my go to source. You deserve more subs
I'm glad that you enjoy the game that much - happy to hear that my videos help you understand it better!! Thank you 😄
Yes you do deserve more subs
Questions paraphrased for easier finding, in case anyone comes back to this video looking for a specific answer
0:00 Introduction
1:10 Q1: What triggers a blood moon?
1:52 Q2: How often does Satori mountain glow green?
2:23 Q3: How does the anti-one shot mechanic work?
3:08 Q4: What rate does enemy health regen in master mode?
3:42 Q5: What damage outputs do magnesis objects have?
4:45 Q6: Do guardians take reduced damage?
5:22 Q7: What is the multiplier for attacking frozen enemies with fire?
5:47 Q8: What is the effect duration for shock/freezing?
6:22 Q9: What is the durability of bows/weapons?
7:03 Q10: What are the chances of specific weapons dropping through rock octoroks?
7:40 Q11: How does the master cycle lose fuel?
8:04 Q12: Best way to refill the master cycle tank?
8:35 Q13: Does attack buffs make cukoos attack sooner?
9:29 Q14: What are the range differences for bows?
10:40 Q15: What bows have better draw speeds?
Thanks, this is very useful.
Question: How often does link slip when climbing in rain?
1.5 to 4.5 seconds randomly and i think every time you jump so climb a second or 2 then jump to move optimally
With the climbing gear it's after Link takes 8 steps so I jump on every 7th.
Finally, the video I've been needing
Happy to hear it!! :)
I needed that info on the blood moon, thanks croton.
No problem, I'm happy to help!! 😄
But I once got a blood moon during daytime in hateno village, don’t know what happened there
That happens sometimes, its like an emergency ram dump or something to reset things, not sure if its true or not.
@@mikeguo608 that's a panic blood moon. When the game hits a certain amount of memory (I think I've seen 90%) a panic blood moon will occur as soon as that threshold is reached to refresh the game.
This game, I swear. Even now, the more I learn about it, the more I love this game. The amount of detail and depth is just staggering, honestly. Learning about all these stats and facts is fun.
I am craving for part 2 right now. You are totally awesome (and crazy) for doing all this testing!
Well I'm just glad it all payed off 😅 Thank you!! :D
Ok one quick note for the master cycle please read. For filling to fuel tank the MOST EFFECTIVE item is monster extract which can be bought from the monster shop owner, Kilton using 4 of them will completely fill the tank. Use this they are cheap but you have to wait for him to get more
You actually only have to use one and the scaling still continue
I think ancient cores insta refuel
Love the whole "Mythbusting" take haha, almost like the show! Another awesome one dude and congrats on 40k!
@@benjaminwu9904 Wrong channel haha
Just the Zelda version of the show 😅
But thanks dude, I really appreciate it!! :)
NBC, Croton and you are my favorite Zelda TH-camrs. Keep up the good work :)
@@benjaminwu9904 lol
The best part of this game are the little details spread throughout. There are seemingly an infinite amount of discoveries within this Hyrule. There's so much passion from the designers put into this game. Great work in helping uncover some of Hyrule's many, MANY mysteries!
I personally would like to see a part 2 to this, Croton. I also have a question for you. When using bomb arrows with the duplex bow, do the two shots count as though they were single arrows in terms of damage or are they nerfed like with the multishot bows?
If you didnt know: the reason satori mountain glows during a waxing crescent moon is because that is the moon phase when satoru iwata was born. Since he died, nintendo wanted to pay respect
I’d love to see more Zelda myth busting on this channel.
nice video! a part two sounds like a great idea! one problem though, you misspelled "Ancient" as "Anicent" at 10:00
Lol
Nooo!! I always miss one stupid mistake lmao
But thank you, im glad you liked it!! :)
What about the Phrenic bow? That thing has crazy zoom
Zoom is proportional to range, and the phrenic bow has one of the highest. Bows like the ancient bow and ravali's are also high range too I'm pretty sure
Both scoped bows (Phrenic and Golden) have 40 range, and aren't very different from the others in that manner 😅
I find that the Phrenic and Golden bows both have better range that most bows, Rito bows also have better range than, say, the Royal bow, and the ancient bow has barely any arrow drop. Then you have the Bow of Twilight, which is a sniper rifle disguised as a bow.
Thank you Croton! The amount of time and work you put in you stat projects are very impressive. Thank you for making BotW as efficient as possible!
My pleasure! Happy you enjoy the vids :D
(sorry for the late reply!! just saw this now lol)
Would love to see you expand the horse stats video with some of the other rideable creatures, even if they are only for certain areas.
Botw has been my favorite game since it came first released, and I've always wondered about drop rates. I tried testing for myself once, but I got bored eventually and just gave up. I couldn't find much info on the internet though, so does anyone here have a clue?
By the way, love your videos my guy! Never seen someone so devoted to a single game! Keep it up!!!
tysm for answering my question. i did not expext this kinda video
No problem!! 😄
which question did you have?
Just wanted to say, you’re my favorite youtuber!
Your themed runs are fun to watch and make me laugh, your deep dives are very interesting, and overall, your channel is amazing!
It's so odd hearing Pikmin music in the background of a Zelda video.
I'm happy someone noticed it 😅 thats just me being hyped for pikmin 3 deluxe lol
theres also some smo music
@@Croton we need a pikmin 4
@@augitron Luncheon Kingdom hype
Thanks for all these stat videos. I love this game and love learning about all these hidden stats. I hope you do another one of these misc. Videos. Great work and thank you for your time.
Dude thank you so much for doing this! I have been confused by everything stats related until you came along and i hade it since day 1! You sir have earned yourself my subscription! P.s. which non amiibo weapons and bows have the highest durabilities? I have been curious 🤔 and i did notice that a lot of lists missed some gear
I like to check the Zelda wiki for all BotW weapon durabilities. Here's the bow page, expand the "Location and Uses" header to see the full BotW list: zelda.gamepedia.com/Bow
@@mljh11 thanks for letting me know about the wiki. :) i did have to search for weapon durability but it helped. Fun fact: the awakened master sword still only has a (normal) max of 40 durability but goes down by decimals instead :). Now i just need to see wether there is a weapon with durability up + that has more durability than the spring hammer.
Thanks again!
Welcome :D
5:39 You freezed him at the perfect moment lol
Good luck on getting 40k very soon 👍 Who knows, it’s might be after an hour or two after this video’s release
Very well could be!! :O thank you!! 😊
I have major respect for your content because sometimes it’s an explanation and sometimes it’s gameplay
8:29
Some materials such as Monster Extract work as Multiplayers, you only need two Monster Extracts and you can use 3 apples or something else, to fuel the rest of the tank.
(Or something like that😂)
Did you already know this?
Monster extract has random effects
Yeah, it's Fairies and Monster Extract for me.
@@topsyturvy1097 Not when you're filling up the Master Cycle. It doubles the effect of your fuel. 4 apples plus 1 monster extract = 80% of your tank filled.
Not sure if croton will see this, but this is literally my favorite series on TH-cam
I'm so glad that you enjoy it!! Thank you 😄
Even 3 years later, Croton is still discovering super helpful stuff for us 👏👏👏
I'm always trying!! :D
Dude I love this channel. I just got my first switch like a month ago and obviously the first game I bought was zelda botw. Without your very in depth and comprehensive explanation of this world and its mechanics. I would have eventually figured out most of it but it would have been a minute. Your content is very enjoyable and fun, and in a way it challenges me to try and achieve things I never would have considered otherwise. Therefore not only have you helped me traverse this amazing and beautiful world, but you have extended the quality of life overall for the game and definitely did your part to make it more enjoyable. So thank you. You are appreciated ✌🐲🐉🛸👽☮
I would love to see a second video like this. I also have a question, do the champions weapons (great eagle bow, daybreaker shield, light scale trident, etc...) have any special traits?
As far as I know they don't, but I've also never looked into it..🤔
Well the great eagle aparence twice in the video, have one of the best reaches, and have the most fastest fire rate and if i remember have +3 multishot,and have decent damage for early/middle game
Don't think that they do. Except only the ceremonial trident can unearth a hidden shrine.
roberto alexander mendez moreno I know, that is why I am curious about the rest
Many of them has high durability. The sun breaker has I think the 2nd best durability for a shield after the hylian shield.
That sneak attack at 9:14 was... kinda spicy ngl Edit: Yeah, keep making these! I enjoy them, even if I rarely play BotW anymore. Super excited for BotW 2 though!!!
I love confusing the enemies with those haha - glad you enjoyed it tho!! 😄
1:44 LOL I DO THAT EVERY TIME
love this page, would love a part two!
I would love to see a part 2! I really enjoyed this video!
Thanks for answering my question! Was waiting and preparing myself to be disappointed, but you came through right at the end 😂
Ayy no problem!! 😄😄
This the video I needed in my life
I'm glad!! :D
Also I'd love to see another one of these mythbuster videos since basically all of the mechanics in botw are hidden
My favorite part about this game is all the little details that don’t really make that much difference to gameplay, but it’s nice to know that the devs cared enough to include them
Question: how many points of damage does lightning from weather do?
Definitely want more. BotW is the Ocarina of our generation. The more info you can get out, the better.
A question: How often does food get a critical cook? Can you affect this chance with more than just a monster extract? How is food with 5 ingredients affected without an extract?
Watch his cooking video
also hitting a bundle of wood with a fire weapon to create a fire uses no durability
I've actually been kind of curious whether the spin and jump attacks do more damage than normal? Anyway, good video! It's been fun learning about all these hidden and obscure mechanics.
Spins do the same damage per hit without the critical hith modifier with it the 4th hit in a spin will be 2x dmg spins also take 1 durability every hits.
Jump attack give 2x dmg but also takes 2x durability
8:03 does that mean my MasterCycle won't consume fuel if I press the gas button often enough?
Yes, but it halts very quickly if you don't have the button pressed unfortunately
I mean you can just let it roll down hills to save on materials, but I'm drowning in guardian parts and apples by that point in the game, so might as well go full speed!
On the note of master cycle zero fuel consumption, try using 3 monster extracts and 1 weak material. the monster extract boosts the effect of any material exponentially, not just itself. I would suggest stocking up on monster extract from kilton using cheap monster parts and just using that, since its cheaper in the long run.
If you use a chicken instead of the paraglider how does that exactly affect stamina and speed?
As far as I know the only difference is that the first second or so of the glide won’t consume any stamina at all
Fantastic video as always!
Thank you Gavio!! :D
i’m curious about the damage outputs of charged stamina attacks. for example does charging a sword increase the damage output when it hits an enemy? or maybe just the spin range? and how much damage does the shock wave that a two handed weapon do when charged up at different charges?
1:39
Gorok tunnel shrine (brother's roast shrine)
You can abuse the pot, the shrine, the fact it can't go out, and blood moon storage to cook as many critical meals as you'd like.
Holy shit..... knowing that you lose no weapon durability on the switches helps SO MUCH
Ikr, I always have a suck weapon just to use it to hit the switches
An Huỳnh saaaame i normally would just get nervous and start using bombs
@@elderberryva9282 Oh wait yeah, those exist
I'm kinda obsessed with saving durability so I threw bombs at switches almost every time through 60 shrines and the 4 divine beasts. remaining switches better prepare for my lynel crusher revenge
This is so interesting.
Thank you for making this game more interesting.
No problem!!
@@Croton UwU can i ask a question.. Why when there is a blood moon the food is all good cooked?
The video reminds me of the mythbusters 😊
and i miss mythbusters 😞
Samee :((
I personally think that because you can go bullet time when shooting a arrow in the air, of you throw a weapon in the air, you should also go into bullet time
I noticed one of the comments featured at the start, and it caught my eye. What **does** rock salt do to food?
good question! i hope he answers this
@@emmasong9035 Thanks, so do I.
Pretty sure he covered that in his cooking video. (I think it adds a certain duration to the effects of food? There are other foods that do the same, with different times added- again, he covered it all in the cooking video)
@@burg3rdud33 I looked through the video, didn't talk about salt, just buffs and crits
@@bluehax6 th-cam.com/video/QAN-f7j82gQ/w-d-xo.html - Rock Salt is one of the ingredients that just adds duration to the effects (rock salt in particular adds 1:00) and I think it adds hearts to other foods but I'm not sure
Thanks so much for all these videos because I got botw in July and it is my first zelda game ever so your videos have been really helpful for my first playthrough
One time I gave it a rusty shield and it spat out flint.
I was very disappointed.
I was expecting the shield stats question to pop up, but since it didn't I'll ask it here :
Does the stat displayed by shield in-game affect the spin attack done by presing Y while shield surfing ?
In your shield stat video you mentionned how only the lynel shield could deal damage by parrying at melee range and criticized the guide book for that but it would make sense if it also affected the shield surfing spin attack.
Amazing to see you answer all those quesion man. Keep it up.
It does not, as it always deals 5 damage regardless!! (covered this in my damage stats video)
@@Croton My bad... do you reckon I should delete the comment ?
@@Caelio No its all good!! If others stumble across it then they'll be informed too then!! :D
Great video my only question is, how often do Yiga clan members appear? Is like every certain number of minutes or do they appear In specific locations?
Specific locations, I think
Definitely want a sequel. I love learning things I didn't know that l didn't know
Love the title!
These stat videos are really interesting. Thanks for putting in the work.
when you see yourself in crotons video
Hey i know you from the discord
I am the doughboy btw
😎😎
Lol
Lol, I read this right as you popped up
I have three questions which I have been thinking and to my knowledge nobody has explained them so far:
1) What are the different getting-on-horse animations, for example: if you press the mount button, that is the standard animation, but if you backflip or side-hop or jump onto the horse there is a different animation. Also is there a different animation if you fall from a great height into a horse and do you take damage?
2) Can you do a vid/section of a vid where you explain which armour sets pair best with each buffs? For example: like barbarian set with high defence buff or champions tunic with attack buff, etc.?
Edit: 3) Another question I have is that what is the intended order to free the divine beasts? I know with the open world experience, you can do them in any order but the developers must have intended that the players free the divine beasts in a certain order. Like I think that vah Ruta was meant to be done first since the weapons you get in that area (Zora weapons) have a usually lower attack power than the Gordon or Gerudo weapons. Another thing to note is that vah Ruta is the only divine beast quest where the game asks you to steal arrows; teaching you this mechanic rather than the other quests which just give you the bomb arrows directly since it assumes you already know how to get them. Just a random thought, but I hope you can find the answer to this😊
Ps: I really love these type of vids and hope you continue this series! It’s crazy how much work you put into making these videos👍
3:02 so that's why I was being 1 shot by everything in master mode
I know you have two videos on shields already, but I would love to see a video on special properties of certain shields. Like, what does a kite shield do to midair combat, or what an ancient shield does with guardian properties.
how OP is bread compared to any other food?
very - one hit ko to anything it touches
Could you do a video about horse stats and locations, as well as the stats for the special horses and even ridable animals? I was mentioning this because I wanted you to talk about Link's Horse and how you can catch multiples of his exact horse from the memories which has it's own special set stats like the other special horses, but then I remembered how you can also find bokoblins riding bears in the Gerudo highlands. Horses being riden by bokoblins also have their own stat ranges, but are always spotted horses.
Here's a guide for Link's horse: gamefaqs.gamespot.com/switch/189707-the-legend-of-zelda-breath-of-the-wild/faqs/74764/links-horse
Check the table of contents for more info that probably answers some of your other questions ☺️
What happens when you talk to the devil statue before getting any heart/stamina containers?
Slightly impossible to do without hacking, since you’ll always have one extra container when you leave the Great Plateau.
@@Slender_Man_186 Thats false
Nothing. I dont remember exactly what he was saying but he said something like "come back when you got the goddess blessing" or "come back when you are stronger" something like that
@@Slender_Man_186 nope, many new players don't realize that they have to interact with the statue and miss out on increasing their essence. That's fine
4:20
I believe i saw somebody in a playthrough take the large metal box and drop it on the lynel, it did a very good amount of damage and messed with the model of the lynel. What i concluded was
It has enough surface area to trap the enemy under it, and that the longer it is in contact with the enemy while in motion, it will calculate it as multiple hits.
3% every 1.5 seconds seems like a needlessly complicated way of saying 2% every second.
It’s not a constant rate of damage, they literally heal 3% of damage every 1.5 seconds.
I have more durability questions about weapons & bows:
-What if I swing a 1 or 2 handed weapon and hit nothing? Like just in the air, not even a rock or the ground.
-What about during a spin attack with a 2 handed weapon? Is the durability lowered each time each enemy is hit, or is it the duration of the spin?
-What about a spin attack where I hit nothing and I cancel before Link smashes the ground? Or is that "free"?
-Does a charge attack with a 1 handed weapon use more durability than a normal hit? What if I cancel it or miss and therefore hit nothing?
-Is the bow durability loss per shot? Or per enemy/balloon/target hit?
-What if I draw the bow then cancel and don't fire?
-What if I set a normal/plain arrow on fire, does that affect the bow?
-In one of your other videos you claim the master sword beam doesn't use durability, but I have the master sword "break" from the master sword beam all the time when I use the master sword to mow the grass (to get free rice or wheat); can you explain this more?
-In another one of your videos, you said wood weapons on fire take damage over time, and the torch doesn't. But I'm pretty sure I've had torches go out on me before (leaving me in the dark!), can you check more into this?
-In the shield durability videos you mention about which ones had the highest & lowest durability; I wish you would have mentioned specifically which weapons & bows have the best & worst durability.
-Thank you for having mentioned in a previous video that weapons & bows blinking red have 1-4 uses left.
-Have you mentioned before how throwing a weapon affects durability? And how this may or may not be different for boomerangs?
-I feel like the way you went over these stats about the bows was really rushed; could you do a video looking more into bow choices and which bows are great for which situations? While showing what each recommended bow looks like and how to get it?
Thank you!
- For the most part, melee weapons only lose durability if they hit something, so you won't lose any durability if you just swing and hit nothing. The only exceptions are the elemental rods and the Windcleaver, since they shoot a projectile when you swing (the Korok Leaf is exempt from this, probably because its wind effect doesn't do any damage).
- Bows lose 1 durability every time you fire an arrow, even if you don't hit anything. Drawing your bow and then canceling won't use durability.
- Setting the arrow on fire doesn't affect the bow durability-wise.
- The Master Sword's beam will not use durability if it's in the "powered up" state (like when you're around Malice or after completing the Trial of the Sword), but it will use durability if it's not powered up.
- It _may_ be possible that the torch won't hold a flame forever (and you may have accidentally tried climbing a wall or something, which would definitely put it out), but they definitely don't lose any durability from being on fire.
- The orcz link in the description of this video shows which weapons and bows have the most durability.
- Throwing most weapons and hitting an enemy will instantly cause them to shatter regardless of how much durability they have left. Throwing them at the ground or a wall won't use any durability, but throwing them at a Stasis-able object (like crates or boulders) will generally cause them to lose 1 durability. Also, boomerangs will lose 1 durability when thrown at enemies.
Hope this all helps!
Hello There
General Kenobi
mad respect ✊
For a Part 2 video on this, I would like to ask how effective all types of weapons are at breaking Ore Deposits. Sledgehammers and some two-handed weapons seem to be super effective, but do all two-handed weapons have the same effect? Are one-handed weapons always weaker than two-handed, and are spears weaker than one-handed? Do all weapons aside from specific ones deal the same rate of damage to ores?
I guess in a general comprehensive way, my question is really just: If I don't have a Sledgehammer or Stone Crusher or whatnot, and I dont want to use my bombs and risk ores falling off my reach, should I try to be using two-handed weapons to break them faster or does it really not matter what kind of weapon I use?
And for a final crackpot question: how many arrows does it take to successfully break an ore deposit?
What are the chances of monster extract helping your dish when you cook?
(When I put 4 high level ingredients it always maxes the duration for me
E. G. 4 Lotus Speed things + 1 monster extract = 30 mins speed up lvl III)
Maybe some of the calories is lost in the water that is used to prepare the food eg. When you boil a potato you tend to lose some of the calories in it.
Hence the duration is a bit reduced
My idea is so dumb
@@pankajsaroj8937 Did you mean to reply to another comment?
@@TheSast 😅
I swear I tried to make sense but English isn't my first language
@@pankajsaroj8937 I understand the feeling, it's not my first language either XD
Alright, that explains normal Blood Moons, but what about the abnormal ones? I'm talking about the Blood Moons that spawn in the middle of the day, or some other time when they shouldn't, like right before a regular one triggers.
Not kidding about that, I've had a standard Blood Moon rising in the sky, and then suddenly I get 2 back to back. I don't think there was even 20 seconds between the two!
zeldamods.org/wiki/Blood_moon
not much you can really do about them since its just correcting for errors in performance
Can someone tell me what the maximum shield guard up buff is for the hylian shield? Highest I've had is 144
The max bonus is 54, so the total stat is 90+54=144. Congrats, you got the most powerful shield ☺️
docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1NqJoQxZQJ_8UCLStiqGwgAOPN1V0Z9uCoq9lW_LYGKo/pubhtml#
@@mljh11 well that makes me happy thank's so much : )
I was about to pause the video to correct you about the range of the Ancient Bow being 40, but then you went on to describe the altered gravity mechanic of it that I was completely unaware of. Very interesting. Most Zelda wiki's seem to just assign this bow a range of 50 to account for the lower rate of arrow drop. Btw, you mention which bows have a naturally faster draw rate. Do any have an inherently slow draw rate? Maybe its my imagination, but both the Ancient Bow and Twilight Bow feel noticeably slower than other bows.
It's a common misconception that I really wanted to shine a lot on 😅 and yes the ancient bow does have reduced fire speed, but I forgot the exact margin off hand.
@@Croton good stuff as always, thanks Croton!
I would like to see a part two, so I'm letting you know in the comments.
Thanks for explaining the health regeneration on Master Mode, I was curious about that.
10:05 that is incorrect:the ancient bow has a range of 50,the bow of light has 500 and the twilight bow has 8000 which is the most range a bow has in this game.
You can thank me later! :)
Although its believed to be 50, the datamine has accurate stats on it being 40 with the altered gravity stat - its even in the official guidebook as 40 as well!!
Hi just here to say please make a second part I really enjoy the info you give and way you narrate thank u
I've been playing this game for about 2 years, and I'm STILL learning new things.
But that does leave me asking a question. Does lightning do less damage to bigger enemies? That is, the boss enemies like Lynels and Hinox that have health bars.
I have seen enemies like Moblins being instantly killed by lightning, but I would expect the bigger and beefier ones to take less damage.
9:56 Also, you misspelled Ancient. Just letting the word out, not trying to make fun of you.
That's literally so fucking cool that arrows drop at the same level of gravity in BOTW as in real life.
Blood Moons also cannot occur if you are in Hyrule Castle.
Also, it seems that Monster Extract amplifies the effect of any materials you use to fuel the Master Cycle Zero.
Ad. Q1 - there is also a thing called Panic Blood Moon where game panics for one reason or another and spawns one to reset itself to default state and free up memory. I had one of those randomly mid casual playthrough recently, it actually looks pretty cool when it suddenly rises in broad daylight.
Ad. Q2 - I always get glow on Satori Mountain right after I get paraglider and leave Plateau. Wonder if it's just me being very consistent with time taken on tutorial or if it's set up to happen by the game.
PLEASE KEEP THIS SERIES UP I LOVE ZELDA MYTHBUSTERS
also, do movement buffs affect paragliding?
Thanks for the info. I would definitely like to see part 2
This was a neat video, love how thorough u are! ^_^
Also I'm not exactly certain how it works but dropping 3 monster extract + 1 apple into the motorcycle will completely refill the tank. Monster extract may be a relatively rare material but I definitely wouldn't say it's best to just ignore it as a fuel ingredient. Especially if you amass a horde of them, they end up being an easy way to fill up fast!
They definitely fill more then apples, but not nealry as convenient to get - especially considering there's a whole apple orchard with over 100 apples on satori mountain!!
I usually put monster parts into the master cycle because I always have more of those than I know what to do with.
Thats fair!! They become pretty abundant haha